Effective Factors in the Adoption of Sprinkler Irrigation among Wheat Farmers in Kangavar City of Ilam Province - Iran

Water shortage in Iran is one of the main factors limiting in the development of agricultural activities.Development of new irrigation technologies is one of the most important solutions for the development of agriculture and increase production. To reduce water restrictions in agriculture¡ the expansion of pressurized irrigation systems is in the government''s priority development programs. The main objective of this study was to investigate the effective factors in the adoption of Sprinkler irrigation by farmers in Kangavar city of Ilam province. The questionnaire was the main toll for collecting data. By Kokran formula 310 samples were selected with random sampling. The validity of the questionnaire was approved by 10 subject specialists and reliability assessed with Cronbach''s alpha 0.78 Obtained. The population of this research was 310 wheat farmers including two groups (Sprinkler irrigation group 140 wheat farmers and traditional irrigation group 170). Statistical indicators such as frequency¡ Percent frequency¡ mean¡ standard deviation and X squrae and Kramer coeeficient (V) was performed using spss software. The results showed that there is a correlation (95%) among the independent variables of education¡ agricultural experience¡ reduce weeds¡ reducing the cost of electricity consumption¡ saving water consumption¡ the amount of available water¡ the amount of annual income land holding with the dependent variable¡ adoption sprinkling irrigation methods And there is a correlation (99%) between independent variable of yield with dependent variable of sprinkler irrigation methods. There are not correlations (99%) among independent variables of age¡ family size¡ reduced pest with the dependent variable.